Journalist Chris Hansen’s former web producer Vincent Nicotra has filled the Hansen vs Predators website with memes and a mugshot from Hansen’s January 2019 arrest after being fired earlier this week.
Hansen fired Nicotra after he received complaints that Nicotra’s behavior was compromising Hansen’s investigation into YouTuber Onision.
https://twitter.com/chrishansen/status/1220093636009963520
Now the homepage of the Hansen vs Predators website has been changed by Nicotra to include a rotating gallery of Hansen’s mugshot and several Hansen memes. This gallery is overlaid with a contact form and the text: “Hansen vs Predators is suspended due to non-payment.”
Nicotra is alleging that Hansen hasn’t paid him for his work and says that the site will be “suspended” until “Chris pays what he owes.”
https://twitter.com/iamasarch/status/1221271529058525184
However, many Twitter users are challenging Nicotra’s claims and have highlighted how he was previously praising Hansen less than a month before he was fired.
https://twitter.com/sororaeternitas/status/1220127915951771649
https://twitter.com/ohhaiitsninja/status/1220127096057430017
https://twitter.com/thejuancho/status/1221288688497369088
Hansen has vowed to continue his investigation into Onision without the involvement of Nicotra.
